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Olam dismisses Muddy Waters report findings
- Olam
- 28 November 2012
Olam's rebuttal provides new information on its rice farming operations in Nigeria, including its cooperation with the Africa Rice Centre of the CGIAR.
PPF broadens its investment horizons
- aiCIO
- 28 November 2012
Farmland and timberland are now separate asset classes, the UK's Pension Protection Fund has asserted in its revised investment principles.
Brazilian farmland prices nearly quadruple in last decade-study
- Reuters
- 28 November 2012
Investment and pension funds are buying up Brazilian farmland and steadily pushing up the prices of Brazil's productive tropical farmland.
Law of the land: Land grabs threaten local livelihoods in Uganda
- Think Africa Press
- 28 November 2012
In large-scale land acquisitions, local communities are often insufficiently compensated, under-consulted, and left with their livelihoods threatened.
Key draft planning documents for ProSavana from 2012
- Oriental Consultants
- 27 November 2012
These documents from 2012 include the "Triangular Work Plan" and reports for the "Agricultural Development Master Plan"
National Family Farm Coalition launches site for monitoring US farmland grabs
- NFFC
- 27 November 2012
The National Family Farm Coalition is excited to announce the launch of its new Land Monitor site, an online hub for documenting on-the-ground stories of farmland grabs in the US.
PPF reveals farmland and timberland fund managers
- Professional Pensions
- 26 November 2012
The proportion of PPF's £12bn portfolio of assets allocated to farm and timberland will vary over time and depend on the opportunities available now and in the future.
Proceedings of the 2012 Agricultural Conference of South Sudan
- USAID
- 26 November 2012
Includes presentations on large-scale farmland investment in Sudan by public and private sector representatives.
Phatisa’s SME fund backs West End Farms
- Private Equity Africa
- 26 November 2012
Phatisa’s small-cap vehicle, the African Agriculture Fund (AAF) small and medium sized enterprise (SME) fund has sealed its first investment, backing Cameroon-based West End Farms.
Blackstone, China firm shortlisted for $1.5 billion Ingham Chicken deal: sources
- Reuters
- 23 November 2012
Blackstone Group LP and China agribusiness company New Hope Group are through to the final round of bidding for Australia's largest poultry producer Inghams Enterprises, a deal that could be worth as much as A$1.4 billion
$210m investment to support rice, barley growth
- Daily Monitor
- 23 November 2012
Part of the $210 million that the Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund and the Carlyle Group will invest in the Export Trading Group will be invested in Mbeya rice farms In Tanzania, where the group would cultivate rice and barley.
Black Earth lauds Russian open wheat-export policy
- Agrimoney
- 23 November 2012
Black Earth Farming lauded the Russian government's decision to keep grain export markets open, despite a poor national harvest, crediting it for helping the group achieve its best quarterly results as a listed company.